Last Thursday, mom had surgery to do the tracheostomy. They decided that they did need to remove the thyroid so they took it out first and then put in the trache tube. The surgery went well.
She has to have a pretty big oxygen tube in through the trache right now, so she isn't able to talk, but they will eventually wean her off that and put in a smaller tube and she will be able to talk, which will be nice. For now, it is nice to be able to read her lips a little bit easier without the breathing tube in her mouth.
Other than that, things have been pretty much the same. She has been able to sit in a chair for about an hour a day, which is nice. She was able to spend some time with her grandkids on Christmas, which made her happy. We are still just taking it one step at a time.
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